Photos: Where does Kyle Field fall? A look at the 10 largest football stadiums in the state of Texas

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THE 10 LARGEST FOOTBALL STADIUMS IN TEXAS: On Wednesday, Texas A&M officially announced plans to expand Kyle Field's seating capacity to more than 102,000, which would make it the largest stadium in the state. But which facilities would follow? Here's a quick look at the 10 largest football stadiums in Texas in terms of capacity.

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10. Rice Stadium, Houston / Capacity: 47,000 / Home team: Rice Owls / Rice's surprisingly spacious stadium checks in at No. 10 on our list, but you could argue that it deserves a higher spot. On game days, the stadium seats 47K, but that number can quickly expand to 70,000 if the two end zone seating areas, which were tarped off in 2006, are uncovered. But there's usually no need to do that. The full size made sense in 1950, when the Owls were still Southwest Conference members and could nearly fill the place up. In 2012, the Owls averaged 22,390 fans per home game.

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9. Floyd Casey Stadium, Waco / Capacity: 50,000 / Home team: Baylor Bears / The home of Bears football for 63 years, Floyd Casey won’t be around much longer. Baylor is currently constructing a brand new on-campus stadium that's set to open in 2014, which will leave the Floyd in danger of destruction if Waco can't find another use for it. Though it's only supposed to seat 50,000, Texas A&M always seemed to bring out the best in Bears fans: the only four games in Floyd Casey history whose attendance exceeded the 50,000 limit were all against the Aggies.

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8. Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso / Capacity: 51,500 / Home team: UTEP Miners / Opened in 1963, the Sun Bowl's 30,000 capacity was nearly doubled by a renovation in the '80s that pushed the number of seats to 52,000. Though UTEP still plays its home games here, the real draw is its namesake bowl game, which has ACC/Pac-12 tie ins and has hosted teams like Notre Dame, USC, Oklahoma and Oregon in recent years.

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7. Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock / Capacity: 60,454 / Home team: Texas Tech / It’s not the biggest stadium in college football, but Jones AT&T certainly gives Texas Tech a massive (and mean) home field advantage. It’s no coincidence that most of the Red Raiders’ biggest wins in the last decade have come at home. Just ask Texas and OU. The seating capacity officially hit 60,000+ after its latest renovation in 2009, and Tech fans don’t just get loud, they’ve been known to hurl insults and objects at opponents’ sidelines. In short, if you’re travelling to the Jones, toss out Tech’s record, because wins are tough to come by in Lubbock.

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6. Alamodome, San Antonio / Capacity: 65,000 / Home team: UTSA Roadrunners / With no pro football team in the city, the Alamodome manages to keep busy by hosting a slew of events throughout the year. It currently hosts games for UTSA and the San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League, not to mention the Alamo Bowl. But the real brilliance is the fact that it was designed to convert easily into an arena for hoops or hockey. In fact, the San Antonio Spurs used to call the Alamodome home, though they moved out in 2002.

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5. Reliant Stadium, Houston / Capacity: 71,500 / Home team: Houston Texans / Reliant’s claim to fame is being the first NFL stadium with a retractable roof. That’s become a bit commonplace among the new batch of pro venues, but Reliant still has terrific architecture (the fabric roof makes it seem open to the outside, and the stadium seems to glow at night), and the facilities are still top notch after 10 years. The Texans are the primary draw, but there are plenty of moneymakers at Reliant, from rodeos to concerts to WrestleMania, which drew a stadium-record crowd of 72,744 in 2009.

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4. Cowboys Stadium, Arlington / Capacity: 80,000 / Home team: Dallas Cowboys / Yes, 80K is the listed capacity, but since when have you known Jerry Jones to do as he's told? The Cowboys' owner has crammed as many as 108,713 fans into his glimmering stadium (for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game), thanks largely to standing-room-only areas behind each end zone. It's still quite likely the nicest football stadium around, but unless you're close to the field, you’ll probably end up watching most of the game on the massive video board that starts at one 20 yard line and runs all the way to the other.

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3. Kyle Field, College Station / Capacity: 82,589 / Home team: Texas A&M Aggies / A&M has plans to expand the seating to more than 102,000, which will make it the biggest stadium in the state come 2015. And while Kyle can’t compete with DKR in terms of capacity for now, A&M fans still make for the most memorable game day experience in the state. Why? Simple... they take their 12th Man moniker seriously. Fans gather here on Friday nights for Yell Practice, where A&M’s Yell Leaders run through the dozen chants that fans shout in unison the next day.

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2. Cotton Bowl, Dallas / Capacity: 92,100 / Home team: None / Since it opened in 1930, the Cotton Bowl has seen everyone from Doak Walker to Roger Staubach to Ricky Williams grace its field. It was once the home of SMU and the Dallas Cowboys, hosted the 1966 NFC Championship Game between the Cowboys and Packers (which preceded the ’67 Ice Bowl) and it still holds the Red River Rivalry every year. And though the Cotton Bowl doesn’t have a home team or even host its namesake bowl game any more, it’s hard to beat the 50-50 split of 92,000 screaming Texas and OU fans for that one Saturday in October.

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1. Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium, Austin / Capacity: 100,119 / Home team: Texas Longhorns / DKR, as Longhorns call it, is one of six college stadiums in the nation with a capacity over 100K, a threshold it crossed in 2009 after the south end zone seating was expanded. Sitting on the east edge of UT, it’s within a 10-minute walk of just about any spot on campus, and the money Texas has dumped into it has it feeling like new despite the fact that it’s nearing its 90th birthday. Between Smokey the Cannon, the Eyes of Texas, Big Bertha the bass drum and Bevo (the famous steer), there are plenty of traditions that keep a Saturday afternoon in the stands interesting.